The financial burden of raising children is the biggest cause behind the country’s continually falling birthrate, with almost all people aged between 20 and 44, the age group mostly marrying and having children, feeling pressure about it, a survey by a state-run institute showed, Tuesday.
Korea s current population of around 51.6 million is expected to decline significantly to 36.2 million by 2072 amid the critically low birth rates, a statistics report showed Thursday.